New alternative to animal models for surgical training

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1B, 2004, Pages 501-507

  Aboud, Emad ^a,b   Suarez, Carlos Ernesto ^a   Al Mefty, Ossama ^a   Yasargil, M Gazi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b National Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Microsurgery; Surgical training; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CADAVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOTOMY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; TUMOR; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042569632     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290403201s80     Document Type: Conference Paper

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